Alumni Report: Lopez sisters square off

Monday

Feb 24, 2014 at 8:07 PMFeb 24, 2014 at 8:12 PM

By C.J. DAFT, STAFF WRITER

Former Silverado softball players and sister Jacque and Kristin Lopez had always played on the same team growing up.

For the first time, second baseman Jacque — a Cal Baptist University sophomore — and left fielder Kristin — a Cal State San Bernardino freshman — played against each other in a doubleheader on Feb. 18.

Cal Baptist won the first game 11-2, and Jacque went 1-for-2 with a run scored and a walk, while Kristin was 1-for-2 with a single that went over her sister's head to right field. The Coyotes won the second game, but the sisters had just one at-bat each.

Jacque transferred from Cal State San Bernardino after her freshman year. She's hitting .238 with a .333 slugging percentage in 19 games this season. Meanwhile, Kristin holds a .323 batting average.

Jacque graduated from Silverado in 2012, and Kristin graduated in 2013 and helped the Hawks make a run to the CIF-Southern Section Division 5 semifinals last year.

Baseball• Cody Lavalli (Granite Hills), a Lewis-Clark State senior, is hitting .333 with a .524 slugging percentage, one home run and one double in six games so far. Lavalli was drafted in last season in the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft, but he chose to return to school.

• Taylor Wetzel (Granite Hills), a Cal Baptist University sophomore, is 2-for-12 with a double so far this season.

Men's Basketball• Jamaal Franklin (Serrano), a Memphis Grizzlies rookie, is averaging 1.5 points and 1.1 rebounds in 19 games. As of Saturday, he hadn't appeared in a Grizzlies game since their 86-77 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Feb. 3.